Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-16

Louis, Arkansas and Texas ask that those
who have signed the right of way bond
meet them to-day at ) O'Clock at the
rooms of the Merchants and Manufacture
ers Bureau. The meeting will be q very
important one and the committee urges
every man who is en- the bond to be pres
ent
All is activity in Fort Worth and Rio
Grande circles The handsome main Of
fees are nearing completion, the round
house Is receiving its coating OF paint,
the huge tank at the west end Of the
yards is nearly done, Car scale is being
put in and grading and tracklayiDg from
Scullyville are being pushed Nothing is
now retsrding the completion Of the line
between Fort Worth and Granbury but
the in junction On the G5S feet strip ed
joining the Texas and Pacific.
There can be no question that four
great corporations have their eyes direct
ed to the country covered by the located
line of the Fort Worth Western. The
road would psy any one Of these corpora
tons. The Fort Worth Western is the
first in the field, has made its location
and wants the road because
it would be good property. The Houston
and Texas Central wants ii because it
desires TO reach its lands located in
counties reached by the line. The
Missouri Pacifc, and the St. Louis,
Arkansas aud Texas want it because it
would be magnificent feeder to their
main lines. That these corporations need
TINS road cannot be dispUted; the ques-
ton which one Of the four will build the
road and push it through to Albuquerque
! j. T. Dickson, general live stock egent
Of the WABASH, has returned to his head
quarters in Fort Worth from successful
trip up tie Fort Worth and Denver. In
I speaking Of settlements for damages to
stock, Mr.. Dickson said that formerly at
least q month ives required to settle 8
loss, but the Wabash had taken new de-
psrture IS shown by the following taken
from the Drovers' Journal: CD. c. Her
rim, OF GAINESVILLE, Ill, shipped car
load of cattle 10 Chicago the first of this
week over The WGbssh road Tie car
caught Ire near Doca.ur and most OF
the cattle were destroyed, but John Nc
Nults, the receiver Of the road, settled
/ for them to-day" The date Of the paper
shows the cattle were settled for four
/ days after the sccident Mr.. Dickson is
: naturally proud Of as road.
There is a well defined rumOr that the
, St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas has in
contemplation as the LtXt move to be
made SITTER the completion of it's Com
MERGE Fort Worth and CoTsicans-IIills-
] boro lines the building of 81 air line
from Sherman to Fort Worth and the ex-
tension Of this air line 10 a connection at
HilIsooro, and then another connection
with It's line a. Gstesyille. This is the way
the rumor goes generally, with
the exception that some say
the Hillsboro liue will be extended furth-
er west to 8 point on line with Gates
vile, and that The connection for Hills
boro viii be made there. II this should
be done the lire will Iun west of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe after leaving
Fort Worth, and would cover q
considerable portion of unoccu-
pied territory from Sherman to
Fort Worth and from Fort Worth
to G.tesviile. By glsncing at the map il
will be seen that an sir line extension
would bring the road to Austin and place
it in good position to reach the Call. II
looks very much as il the St. Louis, Ar
ksnses and Texas was destined to become
q great north and south as well as sr
east and west line. With the extensions
mentioned above in operation, the Cottor
Belt system would be one of the greatest
In the southwest. Those who claim t
know say the company will undoubtedly
build these lines in the near future.